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Free Streaming Service Challenges Existing Market

posted by martyb on Tuesday January 28 2020, @03:07AM   
from the check-it-out! dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

How do you beat the content producers at their own game? By creating a new model. Kanopy is a streaming service that charges Australian libraries for content — instead of users — making for a sustainable model for distributing content locked by copyright laws. By charging government-backed entities for distribution rights, the content makers obtain the money they are after while the public has limited access to the movies they want to see making for a win-win situation.

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Original Submission

• Kanopy is in the US as well Kanopy is in the US as well (Score: 3, Interesting) by CheesyMoo on Tuesday January 28 2020, @05:33AM (1 child)

  by CheesyMoo (6853) on Tuesday January 28 2020, @05:33AM (#949903)

  I have been using Kanopy in the US for a few years.The service is great, its like Netflix, but with content you actually want to watch: Criteron collection, award winners, docs, educational, rare things you don't often find in typical streaming services.

  I got it for "free" from my old local library, than I moved a town over and got a second "free" sub. Its about 7 titles you can stream per month, so not quite binge-able.

  Anyway, I'm pretty sure the company is based in San Francisco...

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• Re:Kanopy is in the US as well (Score: 3, Informative) by CheesyMoo on Tuesday January 28 2020, @05:36AM

  by CheesyMoo (6853) on Tuesday January 28 2020, @05:36AM (#949908)

  By seven titles, I mean seven credits per month (1 credit per film), they have tons of content.

  Oh yeah, kids content and "The Great Courses" are unlimited streams as well

  Parent